I was born in Ostrava in September 1973. One year later I was baptized in a small church called St. Matìj and I was given a second name Kateøina. Fortunately this wasn’t a name after my godfather as the common practice mainly calls for. The thing is that my godfather’s name was Hartwald. I was brought up in one of the most beautiful parts of Prague, close to Šárecké valley that is known from the old Czech myths. I could hardly imagine moving somewhere else but today I live in Prague – Barrandov above a valley called Prokopské. This is also a nice place; a lot of people go walking or jogging there every day. During the summer they enjoy a lovely brook flowing through the valley and even a very small lake. However, nothing compares to the place I was born and I do hope to return there again.
I have one sister, she is 5 years younger than me and her name is Markéta. She was named after my favorite heroine of children’s book. Because both families - my mother’s as well as my father’s - are religious my sister was also baptized when she was 1 year old. In contrast to me her baptizm took place in Tøeboò and she was given a second name Magdalena.
My father‘s family comes from the sou

Some years ago I started to learn French. I admire this language as well as the French culture and history. In fact, I’m very much interested in history prior to the First World War, starting with ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and France and the great Czech and Moravian history above all. Except literature and culture in general I like all sport activities. I’m very fond of tennis, squash, volleyball, biking, downhill and cross-country skiing, swimming, jogging and horse riding. I try to practice these kinds of sport more or less on a regular basis, depending on my free time, some of them together with my dog - a big German shepherd. He is an excellent swimmer and loves cross-country skiing. Unfortunately he is less interested in running behind my bike or watching a tennis match without stealing tennis balls.

My father has two sisters; the older lives in Prague too but she intends to move soon into her recently reconstructed family house in Tøeboò to enjoy her retirement and to help and keep an eye on her old mother. She is married but she’s got no children. My father’s younger sister has lived in Tøeboò since 1995 and she runs a small family hotel that is mainly used by the spa guests and foreign tourists. She has two daughters, one is currently living in Prauge with her husband and their little daughter, the other one lives in Tábor.

My father used to work in engineering for Tesla Group for a long time. After the 1989 revolution he temporarily